The USS Albacore is a research submarine, designed by the U.S. Navy to test experimental features used in modern submarines. The Navy tested top-secret features that led to the high-speed silent ...

The Skipjack-class submarines, built between 1956 and 1961, were a groundbreaking development in U.S. naval engineering. Featuring a teardrop-shaped hull inspired by the USS Albacore, these ...

Gato-class submarines like Harder underwent documented ... Cavalla (SS-244) and Albacore, each sank an aircraft carrier. Harder’s crew was later awarded a Presidential Unit Citation.

while the USS Albacore (AGSS-569) was the first to feature the teardrop hull when it entered service in 1958. However, as a "top to bottom" new attack submarine design, the Skipjack class was ...

For the second straight year, a submarine that began its career on the Electric Boat building ways in Groton has been found in an ocean grave. Last year it was Albacore (SS-218), which in 10 ...

Over the following eight years, they built 235 Whiskey class submarines using the Type XXI ... out various control schemes): the 203-foot USS Albacore, AGSS-569. Bearing a hull form resembling ...

The Virginia Class attack submarine is the U.S. Navy’s newest undersea warfare platform and incorporates the latest in stealth, intelligence gathering and weapons systems technology. Attack ...

The Trident II D5 ballistic missile is the Vanguard-class submarine’s primary weapon. This missile can carry multiple independently targetable reentry vehicles (MIRVs).

The Royal Navy’s penultimate Astute Class attack submarine attack submarine has been launched at BAE Systems in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria. HMS Agamemnon is the sixth of seven Astute Class submarines, ...

The Virginia Class attack submarine is the U.S. Navy’s newest undersea warfare platform and incorporates the latest in stealth, intelligence gathering and weapons systems technology. Attack ...

China's newest nuclear-powered attack submarine, identified as a Zhou-class submarine, sank at a pier during construction between May and June. This incident occurred at the Wuchang shipyard ...